CIANJUR, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series
Municipality officers evacuate their injured colleague following an earthquake in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. Antara Foto/Regional Disasters Mitigation Agency via REUTERS
West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said on Instagram that 162 people had been killed and 326 were injured. The BNPB said more than 2,200 houses had been damaged and more than 5,300 people had been displaced. Ridwan put that number at 13,000 and said they would be spread out at various evacuation centres across Cianjur.
Ambulance were still arriving at the hospital late into the night, bringing more people to the hospital. “The walls and wardrobe just fell … Everything was flattened, I don’t even know the whereabouts of my mother and father,” she said.
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